About Us History
- 1916
- Tokyo Medical Electric Co., Ltd. founded by Kenji Ito
Japan's first AC X-ray machine and other devices developed - 1924
- “Radio and Experiments” monthly magazine,
Japan's first specialist radio technology magazine,
first published (Now published by Seibundo Shinkosha publishing company) - 1934
- Japan's first shortwave therapy unit, developed
- 1957
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Company name changed to ITO Co., Ltd.
Wide range of electrotherapy equipment developed - 1983
- R&D Center opened
- 1989
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Osteotron, Japan's first bone-growth stimulator, launched
Tsukuba Factory opened - 1996
- First exhibited at MEDICA in Düsseldorf, Germany and have participated annually ever since.
- 1998
- Opened Hanoi Office in Vietnam
Launched Trio 300—the world’s first compact multi-mode stimulator
Released the PM-800 Series—the world’s first microwave therapy unit with inverter control - 1999
- ISO 9001 certification acquired
- 2001
- ISO 13485 certification acquired
ITO signed an Official Sponsor with All Japan Judo Federation - 2003
- ES-420 and ES-160 win 2003 iF Design Award
ISO 14001 certification acquired - 2004
- Reliability Control Center established
- 2010
- US-101L / US-103S, a new style in portable ultrasound therapy systems, launched
- 2011
- First exhibited at Arab Health in Dubai, UAE and have participated annually ever since.
- 2013
- ITO signed a Official Supplier Agreement with Federation Japonaise d’Escrime
- 2016
- 100th anniversary
- 2017
- ITO Manufacturing Vietnam Co., Ltd. established in Hanoi, Vietnam.
- 2018
- Head office relocated to Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan.
- 2021
- D function, a new for dual channel electrical muscle stimulator for TMJ pain relief, launched
ITO signed a Official Supplier Agreement with Japan Biathlon Federation - 2022
- Started holding ITO professional seminaries around the world, Rumania, Hungary, China, Korea, Thailand, Egypt and Jordan
- 2024
- ITO signed a JFA Supporter Agreement with Japan Football Association
A spirit that inspires us to continue pursuing challenges posed by new domains
ITO's product development history is characterized by an eagerness to tackle the challenges of miniaturization, sophisticated features, and high performance. This spirit emerges from our founder's vision-to help people live healthier lives by broadening the range of therapy devices available for use at home.
Since successfully miniaturizing shortwave therapy devices about 90 years ago, ITO has continually striven to make our devices as compact as possible while retaining the features and performance of larger therapy devices. Products born from our unique expertise, including portable ultrasound therapy devices, portable interferential electrotherapy devices, and ultracompact hand-carried electrostimulator equipment, have been welcomed with wonder in markets around the world.
Grounded in this unique approach and offering advanced features, ITO's compact high-performance products are used today across a wide range of domains, from rehabilitation to athletic conditioning and therapy to in-home care.
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